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Are Americans getting more upbeat about their personal standard of living?

April 10, 2009

Consumer confidence crawls back from the depths this week, but does that mean that Americans are thinking any differently about their personal standard of living? Maybe. Dave and Frank take a look at the numbers and have all the answers in today’s “What Are We Thinking?”

Consumer confidence crawls back from the depths this week, but does that mean that Americans are thinking any differently about their personal standard of living? Maybe. Dave and Frank take a look at the numbers and have all the answers in today’s “What Are We Thinking?”

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